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back in washington, president obama also observed a moment of silence at the white house as did the u.s. senate. but tempers flared earlier at a senate hearing. iowa senator chuck grassley was one of several republicans who've said the bombings, allegedly by two chechen immigrants, raise questions about immigration reform. >> i think we're taking advantage of an opportunity where once in 25 years we deal with immigration to make sure that every base is covered. >> brown: that sparked a heated exchange between grassley and new york democrat chuck schumer. >> i say that particularly those who are pointing to what happened, the terrible tragedy in boston, as i would say an excuse for not doing a bill or delaying it many months and years. >> i never said that. >> i didn't say you did sir. >> i didn't say anything about... >> i didn't mean you, mr. grassley. >> those remarks were not aimed at anyone on this committee or the three witnesses. there are people out there; you've read it in the newspapers; they've said it. >> brown: there were also questions about the f.b.i.'s investigation last
back in washington, president obama also observed a moment of silence at the white house as did the u.s. senate. but tempers flared earlier at a senate hearing. iowa senator chuck grassley was one of several republicans who've said the bombings, allegedly by two chechen immigrants, raise questions about immigration reform. >> i think we're taking advantage of an opportunity where once in 25 years we deal with immigration to make sure that every base is covered. >> brown: that...
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president obama attended the school from 1971-1979. displays from the president's home state of hawaii and from illinois the state he represented in the u.s. senate. and for the first family after a long day of pomp and circumstance, a night of inaugural balls lay ahead. >> brown: from large families trekking miles to witness history to spirited entrepreneurs selling inaugural wares, people braved the cold this morning to attend the president's second inauguration in person. late today an official said that the turnout was higher than estimated earlier, more than 800,000 and possibly as many as one million people. ray suarez was there, and has our story. >> suarez: the crowd was eventually enormous. but there was no pushing, no shouting. people had the rest of a long morning to take their places on the national mall. >> programs! suarez: haechers were selling, well, a little bit of everything. there were crowd control barriers and plenty of security but more last-minute directions. please and thank you than cross words. the mood overal
president obama attended the school from 1971-1979. displays from the president's home state of hawaii and from illinois the state he represented in the u.s. senate. and for the first family after a long day of pomp and circumstance, a night of inaugural balls lay ahead. >> brown: from large families trekking miles to witness history to spirited entrepreneurs selling inaugural wares, people braved the cold this morning to attend the president's second inauguration in person. late today an...
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president obama says the cuts won't take effect right away. it will take weeks, perhaps months before we know what the true impact will be be. >> the next crisis after this one is the debt ceiling. so we go from one crisis to the next. it seems like this is how we do things, unfortunately, in this country right now. david jackson with u.s.a. today. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> meantime, the federal judge is hear arguments on how much british petroleum will have to pay for the worst oil spill in u.s. history. 11 workers were killed. millions of gallons of oil spilled after a rig explosion in the gulf in 2010. bp says the environment tall disaster cost the company more than $24 billion. convince the court the company is liable for more than that. >>> another big snowstorm pounding the nation's midsection. kansas, oklahoma, parts of texas as well. blizzard-like conditions led schools to cancel classes. wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour, built large snow drifts. something they don't see too often. the intertait was shut down. no flights
president obama says the cuts won't take effect right away. it will take weeks, perhaps months before we know what the true impact will be be. >> the next crisis after this one is the debt ceiling. so we go from one crisis to the next. it seems like this is how we do things, unfortunately, in this country right now. david jackson with u.s.a. today. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> meantime, the federal judge is hear arguments on how much british petroleum will have to...
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president obama attended the school from 1971-1979. displays from the president's home state of hawaii and from illinois the state he represented in the u.s. senate. and for the first family after a long day of pomp and circumstance, a night of inaugural balls lay ahead. test inn year the president and first lady are attending two, the command never chief ball and inaugural ball both at the washington convention center. a few minutes ago the president thanked members of the armed services and their families for their sacrifice and service. and then he introduced his wife michelle. >> ladies and gentlemen, my better half, and my dance partner, michelle obama! >> and now please welcome grammy and academy award winner jennifer hudson. ♪ ♪ let's stay together ♪ ♪ i'm loving you ♪. >> brown: all eyes were, of course, on the dress and there it is, a ruby coloured chiffon and velvet dress designed by jason wu which was a bit of a surprise to fashion mavens. jason wu designed michelle obama's dress four years ago. there was some thin
president obama attended the school from 1971-1979. displays from the president's home state of hawaii and from illinois the state he represented in the u.s. senate. and for the first family after a long day of pomp and circumstance, a night of inaugural balls lay ahead. test inn year the president and first lady are attending two, the command never chief ball and inaugural ball both at the washington convention center. a few minutes ago the president thanked members of the armed services and...
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obama grew up not far from where he spoke. and mrs. obama is a true south cider. she callserself that. he taed about that a the school. and you know, in chicago when you say you are a south cider, that is something you say with an enormous amount of pride. so obama by identifying with the neighborhood of which he adopt odd when he came to the city twice, first as a community organizer, maybe by chance and then by choice after harvard law school, he knew this was his home and his speech reflected that. now-- . >> warner: and how did coming to chicago, how did today's event have the example of hadiya pendleton, how does 245 fit into his strategy for pushing for changes in the gun laws? >> i think it works because if you-- i think there is a belief among the obama team that if you make it personal, you could go over the heads of the members of congress. you could try to dilute the second amendment argument to say no, this isn't about anyone trying to take your rights away. it is about saying that if you sign a piece of paper saying that you are buying a gun, you're t
obama grew up not far from where he spoke. and mrs. obama is a true south cider. she callserself that. he taed about that a the school. and you know, in chicago when you say you are a south cider, that is something you say with an enormous amount of pride. so obama by identifying with the neighborhood of which he adopt odd when he came to the city twice, first as a community organizer, maybe by chance and then by choice after harvard law school, he knew this was his home and his speech...
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president obama and russian president putin met privately on the sidelines of the meeting today in northern ireland. the tone was conciliatory. >> we do have differing perspectives on the problem but we share in reducing the violence, securing the chemical weapon and that we want to resolve the issue true political means if possible. >> of course our opinions do not coincide. but we are united by the common intention to end the violence. to stop the number of victims from increasing and to resolve the problems by peaceful means. >> putit was in london yesterday without president obama at his side politicizing any moves to aid the rebels involving a rebel commander. >> i believe one does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies but eat their intestines in front much of the cameras are these the people you want to support this are they the one you want to supply with weapons. >> putin defended russian arms. back in moscow today, the russian foreign minister accused of u.s. of mounting military exercises in jordan as a cover for implementing a no fly zone overseer
president obama and russian president putin met privately on the sidelines of the meeting today in northern ireland. the tone was conciliatory. >> we do have differing perspectives on the problem but we share in reducing the violence, securing the chemical weapon and that we want to resolve the issue true political means if possible. >> of course our opinions do not coincide. but we are united by the common intention to end the violence. to stop the number of victims from increasing...
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bush to barack obama. and "washington post" editor of ravij chandrasekaran, author of "imperial life in the emerald city inside iraq's green zone." we welcome you both to the newshour. rajiv, it's been more than a year since the u.s. pullout. what shape is iraq in after the war? what's the legacy of the war now the >> iraq in my view remains a tinderbox. there's some parts of the country where things are not just stable they're booming in the southern parts of the country dominated by the majority shiite population, fueled by plentiful oil revenue. you see construction, investment life's good for those people. in the central part of the country where the minority sunni arab population largely lives particularly out west people feel more frustrated, more disenfranchisement. in the capital there have been large protests. and up north where a quarter of the population lives the ethnic kurdish population, things look good for them economically but there are real questions about the questions between them and t
bush to barack obama. and "washington post" editor of ravij chandrasekaran, author of "imperial life in the emerald city inside iraq's green zone." we welcome you both to the newshour. rajiv, it's been more than a year since the u.s. pullout. what shape is iraq in after the war? what's the legacy of the war now the >> iraq in my view remains a tinderbox. there's some parts of the country where things are not just stable they're booming in the southern parts of the...
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why is that important for the obama administration? >> judy, when i said there were two of the three allies in the region, the third most important ally there for the united states is jordan, a tiny country, but punches above the weight. jordan security forces and intelligence forces are excellent. and i described in the earlier piece some of the role it's playing. but king abdullah's on somewhat shaky ground, the economy is bad, and part of the problem is the refugees are a huge pressure point as the king sort of eloquently said today. few of us saw the foreign minister this afternoon who said it's almost as if-- he said it's as if another eight or nine, the king said 10% has been added to our population. the foreign minister said eye asked him the question the king was asked, would you ever shut your doors? and he said we just can't do that. but i have to say my nightmare scenario is i get a call at 3:00 a.m. and i'm told there are 50,000 refugees at the border, what do we do? >> margaret, just to wrap up quickly, we know the bulk of
why is that important for the obama administration? >> judy, when i said there were two of the three allies in the region, the third most important ally there for the united states is jordan, a tiny country, but punches above the weight. jordan security forces and intelligence forces are excellent. and i described in the earlier piece some of the role it's playing. but king abdullah's on somewhat shaky ground, the economy is bad, and part of the problem is the refugees are a huge pressure...
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, obama was really up set with them. he felt that at some point in time they started to give him contradictory information. that he was going into battle with not a clear idea of what to do. and that combination of overconfidence and contradictory advice i think really doomed him in denver as we saw. >> warner: you all also documented that he had one might say a bit of an attitude problem in the prep. >> he didn't want to take it seriously because i didn't take romney seriously for so long. we report in the book that at one point he told his advisors that romney didn't seem human. this was a president who, like many incumbent presidents, spends four years in the white house sort of being, you know, handled gently, we say,. and all of a sudden he is trying to prep for someone who wasn't going to treat him gently at all. combinned with the opponent being someone to take seriously t was a res poor-- recipe for disaster in denver. >> warner: how did he react personally and how did the campaign react after that near disastrou
, obama was really up set with them. he felt that at some point in time they started to give him contradictory information. that he was going into battle with not a clear idea of what to do. and that combination of overconfidence and contradictory advice i think really doomed him in denver as we saw. >> warner: you all also documented that he had one might say a bit of an attitude problem in the prep. >> he didn't want to take it seriously because i didn't take romney seriously for...
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but obama has publicly, at least, advanced a hawkish position. so she seems to be walking in tandem with him there. so you know it isn't really clear if she had been left to her own devices or if obama had played richard nixon and made her his ssinger, wheherhe wou have taken positions very different from his. as it is, because she was the implementer she tried to carve out some areas of her own, networking, public diplomacy, and working on women's issues. but even in those areas, including women's issues, i'm not sure how lasting the impact is going to be. for example, if we pull completely out of afghanistan all the games that women have made, maybe lost. >> susan glasser, quick final thoughts. >> well, i guess we're all going to be talking about hilry cnton for some time to come. we are have four years to wait and speculate to see whether she runs for president or not. >> suarez: susan glaser, trudy rubin, thank you both. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist d
but obama has publicly, at least, advanced a hawkish position. so she seems to be walking in tandem with him there. so you know it isn't really clear if she had been left to her own devices or if obama had played richard nixon and made her his ssinger, wheherhe wou have taken positions very different from his. as it is, because she was the implementer she tried to carve out some areas of her own, networking, public diplomacy, and working on women's issues. but even in those areas, including...
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obama visited as a senator. but his administration is now keeping it's distance from the country's newly elected president, uhuru kenyatta. he is under indictment by the international criminal court on charges he bankrolled post- election ethnic killings in 2007. this is only mr. obama's second presidential trip to sub-saharan africa. the other was a 22-hour stop- over and speech in ghana in 2009. his predecessor, george w. bush made multiple trips to africa, pushing his multi-billion dollar aids funding program-- pepfar-- and a major debt relief plan. and president bill clinton was widely praised for the economic development spurred by his african growth and opportunity act or a.g.o.a. so far, there are no big-ticket items on president obama's agenda this trip. but he did today pledge to extend the a.g.o.a. which expires in two years. for more on the president's visit and his administration's performance in africa, we turn to sarah pray, senior policy analyst for africa at the open society foundation. and todd
obama visited as a senator. but his administration is now keeping it's distance from the country's newly elected president, uhuru kenyatta. he is under indictment by the international criminal court on charges he bankrolled post- election ethnic killings in 2007. this is only mr. obama's second presidential trip to sub-saharan africa. the other was a 22-hour stop- over and speech in ghana in 2009. his predecessor, george w. bush made multiple trips to africa, pushing his multi-billion dollar...
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the obama administration, from the very beginning on, has been quite skeptical. because they believe there are so many uncertainties, and without the u.n. resolution, which is not inside, one should not probably do it. the other question, which is very different from this first one, is, what do we do with this breaking of a taboo? the taboo of not using chemical weapons. as we all know, there are 189 states that have ratified the chemical weapons convention. and of course, it is absolutely important that the breaking of this convention does not go totally unnoticed and not unpunished. >> they have gained a reputation as the car that nobody really needs, but that many want to drive. the luxury suv segment has proved remarkably resilient during the global economic crisis. now mercedes wants a slice of the pie. >> it has revealed its new compact crossover at the frankfurt motor show. >> a big debut for mercedes-benz at the frankfurt motor show. the daimler ceo cause of the firm's royal baby. the entry into the booming suv sector. a sport utility vehicle designed for
the obama administration, from the very beginning on, has been quite skeptical. because they believe there are so many uncertainties, and without the u.n. resolution, which is not inside, one should not probably do it. the other question, which is very different from this first one, is, what do we do with this breaking of a taboo? the taboo of not using chemical weapons. as we all know, there are 189 states that have ratified the chemical weapons convention. and of course, it is absolutely...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama joined a gathering of leaders from the world's wealthiest nations today. topping the agenda: what to do about the bloody civil war in syria. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we explore the u.s.-russian split over syria, and the shared goal of stopping the violence. >> woodruff: then, the supreme court ruled arizona may not require proof of citizenship in order to vote. marcia coyle breaks down the decision. >> ifill: ray suarez continues our series inside immigration reform. tonight, we debate the "e- verify" system to check workers' eligibility. >> woodruff: we look at the surprise result in iran's presidential election, and what they could mean for its nuclear program and relations with the u.s. >> ifill: hari sreenivasan gets the latest on the war in the states over whether to expand medicaid under president obama's health care law. >> woodruff: and paul solman closes with a conversation with the author of a new book, "who owns the future?," which p
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama joined a gathering of leaders from the world's wealthiest nations today. topping the agenda: what to do about the bloody civil war in syria. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we explore the u.s.-russian split over syria, and the shared goal of stopping the violence. >> woodruff: then, the supreme court ruled arizona may not require proof of...
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obama joined mexico's new president enrique pena nieto. later, at a joint press conference, the president stressed the importance of the countries' relationship. >> we can't lose sight of the larger relationship between our peoples, including the promise of mexico's economic progress. i believe we've got a historic opportunity to foster even more cooperation, more trade, more jobs on both sides of the border, and that's the focus of my visit. >> woodruff: u.s. immigration reform will be a central piece of their agenda. president obama wants congress to approve a plan that would provide visas for seasonal workers, as well as a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million people now living in the u.s. illegally. more than half are from mexico, according to the pew research center. at a november visit in washington then president-elect pena nieto voiced support for those proposals. but a key issue for republicans is stepped-up security along the 2,000 mile shared border with mexico and a stop to the flow of drugs, guns and crime. in the six-year
obama joined mexico's new president enrique pena nieto. later, at a joint press conference, the president stressed the importance of the countries' relationship. >> we can't lose sight of the larger relationship between our peoples, including the promise of mexico's economic progress. i believe we've got a historic opportunity to foster even more cooperation, more trade, more jobs on both sides of the border, and that's the focus of my visit. >> woodruff: u.s. immigration reform...
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>> not encouragingly for the obama administration, as you said the obama administration hoped as just with the action in libya they would be acting in concert not only with european partners but with the arab league. the arab league you know last week i think it was met, and said, essentially, held assad, said assad should be held to account, was critical of assad stopped short of military action. this week starting yesterday they had an emergency meeting which they moved up from later in the week to reconsider the question. but what came out, the first readings looked like oh they're not really calling on the international community to do something. but when you look at the text and i spoke to people both in the egyptian government and in the arab league. they say the important thing about the today's announcement was, yes, we're calling on the united nations and the international community to take some sort of detrnt action or deterrent measures against the use of chemical weapons by the regime but the only legal basis for military action is under either the u.n. charter of self def
>> not encouragingly for the obama administration, as you said the obama administration hoped as just with the action in libya they would be acting in concert not only with european partners but with the arab league. the arab league you know last week i think it was met, and said, essentially, held assad, said assad should be held to account, was critical of assad stopped short of military action. this week starting yesterday they had an emergency meeting which they moved up from later in...
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obama and mr. lu is getting something done will require coming to agreement with congress, and there the philosophical divide is so wide, that makes getting something done very challenging. >> ifill: part of the divide is health care. this is the time when the rubber hits the road in terms of implementation. this is a cabinet member who is not leaving. >> i think one of the reasons she has job stability and we see with some of the the appointments getting confirmed. there has not been a head of the-- one of the subcabinet appointments in him h.s., the head of the center for medicare and medicaid services since 2006, in the middle of bush's bs second term because it is so difficult to get that through the senate. it would be hard to imagine trying to replace kathleen sebieluous, which is probably a good thing, because she has so much to do this year, getting the affordable care act up and running, most of it in times for january 1, 2014, plus all of these budget debates that are going on that will i
obama and mr. lu is getting something done will require coming to agreement with congress, and there the philosophical divide is so wide, that makes getting something done very challenging. >> ifill: part of the divide is health care. this is the time when the rubber hits the road in terms of implementation. this is a cabinet member who is not leaving. >> i think one of the reasons she has job stability and we see with some of the the appointments getting confirmed. there has not...
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on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. facebook wants you to think graphical. the social networking powerhouse takes the wraps off a new way to track your friends. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. good evening. what does that new tool mean for facebook investors? we ask technology analyst scott kessler. >> tom: an
on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st...
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that the obama administration wanted to hit by this first month of the rollout? and is there a shot at actually reaching that level? >> well, the congressional budget office projected that seven million people would come in over the open enroll. season overall. there's an internal memo that i think has been floating around reporting by the associated press that had a first month target that i think was 50,000. so they were always planning-- and they told us this-- for october to be slower than november to be slower than december. that people would be motivated by deadlines and they expected that some people might miss the initial deadline but sign up early in the new year and not be subject to the mandate. it's not clear of course whether they're hitting that target because we haven't seen those numbers. >> suarez: will they be slowed up, those numbers, by the government shutdown? >> there's not a reason why they should be. the administration said they want to release them in november because they want to make sure they're accurate. one of the reasons is they wan
that the obama administration wanted to hit by this first month of the rollout? and is there a shot at actually reaching that level? >> well, the congressional budget office projected that seven million people would come in over the open enroll. season overall. there's an internal memo that i think has been floating around reporting by the associated press that had a first month target that i think was 50,000. so they were always planning-- and they told us this-- for october to be slower...
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obama runs his own foreign policy. there may be more of a ting toward this humanitarian interventionist side but he runs his own policy. >> i haven't heard either one of them mention the word "syria" in public. apparently the damascus moment for susan rice in her career was rwanda in the clinton administration and she's become -- that would never be repeated. that was on her watch and she feels an enormous sense of obligation but i haven't heard her or samantha power. >> woodruff: let's bring it home finally. domestic -- a political story. new jersey this week lost long time senator frank lautenberg, a democrat. the republican governor, mark, chris christie, after a few days, announced that he will have a special election four months from now and he named somebody as a caretaker, the state attorney general. but, david, what does it say that christie is having a special election which just happens to be a month before his own standing for reelection as governor of the state? >> he's an astonishing governor who wants to
obama runs his own foreign policy. there may be more of a ting toward this humanitarian interventionist side but he runs his own policy. >> i haven't heard either one of them mention the word "syria" in public. apparently the damascus moment for susan rice in her career was rwanda in the clinton administration and she's become -- that would never be repeated. that was on her watch and she feels an enormous sense of obligation but i haven't heard her or samantha power. >>...
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president obama is expected to sign it. and the death toll in the building collapse in bangladesh went over 300, amid fears that time is running out for those still trapped. >> brown: online, we continue the discussion on older entrepreneurs. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: you don't have to be young and crazy to dream up an idea for a successful business. some of the best entrepreneurs put their wisdom and life experience to work. read the truth about seniorpreneurs on our making sense page. in today's lunch in the lab, what to do about space junk in the earth's orbit. scientists gathered this week to address the issue. find out more on our science page. and on art beat, a conversation with jazz saxaphonist charles lloyd. the 75-year-old musician reflects on a life surrounded by music. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey br
president obama is expected to sign it. and the death toll in the building collapse in bangladesh went over 300, amid fears that time is running out for those still trapped. >> brown: online, we continue the discussion on older entrepreneurs. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: you don't have to be young and crazy to dream up an idea for a successful business. some of the best entrepreneurs put their wisdom and life experience to work. read the truth about seniorpreneurs on...
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obama: >> the message is "why you go to ramallah? we are the owners of this region. you can arrive to gaza and talk with us. why do you go to talk with abu mazen in ramallah?" >> warner: abu mazen is palestinian president mahmoud abbas, who greeted mr. obama in ramallah at mid-day, a small band of protestors in the city center was kept well away; just outside the city, there were minor clashes with israeli troops. the two leaders held talks on one priority of president's four-day visit to the visit: re- invigorating peace talks between israelis and palestinians. but contrary to the apparent and uncharacteristic chumminess with prime minister netanyahu yesterday, mr. obama and abbas displayed an understated- business like-tone in a brief press conference. the president denounced the morning's rocket attack and the group that rules in gaza. >> hamas cares more about enforcing its own rigid dogmas than allowing palestinians to live freely; and because too often it focuses on tearing israel down rather than building palestine up. >> warn
obama: >> the message is "why you go to ramallah? we are the owners of this region. you can arrive to gaza and talk with us. why do you go to talk with abu mazen in ramallah?" >> warner: abu mazen is palestinian president mahmoud abbas, who greeted mr. obama in ramallah at mid-day, a small band of protestors in the city center was kept well away; just outside the city, there were minor clashes with israeli troops. the two leaders held talks on one priority of president's...
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on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffy brown. 'll see u onne, d again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by e alfred p. sloan foundation. suppoing ience, tecology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macne
on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffy brown. 'll see u onne, d again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by e alfred p. sloan foundation. suppoing ience, tecology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and...
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>>warner: later that afternoon, hassan rouhani and obama conversed by twefl. several yo uranium mines, plutom are strictly for civilian use. echoed that message but held firm on teheran's right to enrich. >> negotiation are on the table, to discuss iran's right to enrichment program. our rights to enrich is off the table. >> but you do not need to enrich it above 20%. >> we do not need military grade uranium that is a certainty and we will not move in that direction. >> negotiators from the u.s. and five other powers are set to meet with in october. secretary of state j.k. will address the issue again when he goes before the u.n. general assembly tomorrow. >> margaret, this was a meeting that a lot of officials were waiting for. >> what struck me judy was even though prime minister he said of course, israel is going to insist that iran not acquire nuclear weapons capability but president obama and i are in agreement on that. the one sort of discordant note if you read between the lines or looked at one line had to do with sanctions. he said not only should san
>>warner: later that afternoon, hassan rouhani and obama conversed by twefl. several yo uranium mines, plutom are strictly for civilian use. echoed that message but held firm on teheran's right to enrich. >> negotiation are on the table, to discuss iran's right to enrichment program. our rights to enrich is off the table. >> but you do not need to enrich it above 20%. >> we do not need military grade uranium that is a certainty and we will not move in that direction....
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they pass this thing, no funding for obama care. it's going to die in the senate. and then i think they will come back or either fudge or cave in. and i suspect we will not be shutting down the government. >> woodruff: is that what you think? >> well, i think the republicans at this point are going to call in vladimir putin to set the civil war. this is an astonishing fight within the republican party. and the one guy bringing them together is senator ted cruz who is the guy who pushed the republicans in this direction and then said well, really we're to the going to do it in the senate. it's up to you guys in the house. later he made a kind of churchillian statement saying i will fight all the way. but a lot of republicans ar are-- that they got put in this box. more moderate republicans say we shouldn't be here at all. and the conservatives say are you going to really back us up. i am more inclined than i was a few days ago to think we'll avoid a shutdown. there's a lot of pressure building within the republican party to say this is the dumbest strategy we could
they pass this thing, no funding for obama care. it's going to die in the senate. and then i think they will come back or either fudge or cave in. and i suspect we will not be shutting down the government. >> woodruff: is that what you think? >> well, i think the republicans at this point are going to call in vladimir putin to set the civil war. this is an astonishing fight within the republican party. and the one guy bringing them together is senator ted cruz who is the guy who...